DR Congo health ministry declares new Ebola outbreak

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Authorities say Ebola has been confirmed in a 34-year-old pregnant woman who was hospitalised.
Authorities say Ebola has been confirmed in a 34-year-old pregnant woman who was hospitalised.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has declared a new outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus after a case was confirmed in the southern Kasai province, saying there were 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths.

This will be the central African country’s sixteenth Ebola outbreak, the health ministry said in a statement.

It said the presence of the virus had been confirmed in a 34-year-old pregnant woman who was hospitalised in August with symptoms including a high fever and repeated vomiting.

Reuters